Wismar (german: Bahnhof Wismar) is a railway station
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Wismar Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

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. The station lies on the

Ludwigslust–Wismar railway The Ludwigslust–Wismar railway is an electrified railway in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Ludwigslust– Bad Kleinen section of the line is double track. The line was opened in 1848, by the Mecklenburg Railway Company (german: ...

and Wismar–Rostock railway and the train services are operated by

Deutsche Bahn The (; abbreviated as DB or DB AG) is the national railway company of Germany. Headquartered in the Bahntower in Berlin, it is a joint-stock company ( AG). The Federal Republic of Germany is its single shareholder. describes itself as the se ...

History

After construction of the Schwerin–Wismar railway, a station was needed at the terminus. The chosen site offered convenient access to the port of Wismar. By the end of 1847, the first buildings were built, two sheds for materials and a kyanizing works. Later a roundhouse, a carriage shed, a tool shed and a coke store and a coke oven were added. It was estimated that the construction of the planned entrance building would cost about 28,500

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. When the railway line was inaugurated in 1848, the roundhouse had been completed, there was also a cattle ramp and a large

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. By 1857 the carriage shed was used as an entrance building and goods shed. There was a station forecourt and a promenade that ran from Lindengarten to the harbour. There was a railway hotel next to the station. The former water tower is still standing. The station's system of tracks and the station building were extended between 1884 and 1894. Parking spaces for coaches, private carriages and buses were to be built outside the station according to a plan of 1896. An underpass for pedestrians was constructed around the turn of the century. Rolling stock were produced at the nearby

Waggonfabrik Wismar Waggonfabrik Wismar was a manufacturer of railway vehicles from 1894 to 1947. The company was based in Wismar in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in Germany. History Captain Heinrich Podeus of Wismar founded a coach factory in 1894. ...

factory in Wismar from 1894 to 1947.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:Timetables for Wismar station

References

{{reflist Railway stations in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Buildings and structures in Nordwestmecklenburg Railway stations in Germany opened in 1848 Station